16-page advertising booklet with two staple-binding (a); blue cover with title and manufacturer printed in blue ink; drawings of the Influence machine and various machine parts, with prices and descriptions, printed in black ink on white pages inside; last page has list of publications regarding me…
16-page advertising booklet with two staple-binding (a); blue cover with title and manufacturer printed in blue ink; drawings of the Influence machine and various machine parts, with prices and descriptions, printed in black ink on white pages inside; last page has list of publications regarding medical uses of electricity printed in blue ink on blue page; back blank; white one-page insert (b) folded in half and printed with black ink; cover has drawing and prices of the Influence Machine; description about Influence Machine's superiority inside; graphic chart comparing percent of different manufacturers' efficiencies versus output in Watts on back
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - booklet - Size: Length 22.7 cm x Width 15.5 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
b - insert - Size: Length 22.9 cm x Width 15.2 cm x Depth 0.1 cm
(a) Printed on front: "The // Morton-Wimshurst-Holtz // Influence Machine // for Therapeutical Use and // X-ray Purposes // Van Houten & Ten Broeck Co. // 300 Fourth Avenue . . . New York // Makers of // High-Grade Electro-Therapeutical Apparatus"; stamped on front: "SOLE CANADIAN AGENTS // THE J.F. HARTZ CO., LTD. // TORONTO."; handwritten inside: "Less 10% Cash 30 Day L.O.B // Gananoque Complete C // Tube fluroscope Etc"; (b) printed on front: "The Morton-Wimshurst-Holtz // INFLUENCE MACHINE"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-5 Box 20
Condition Remarks
Pages are worn and yellowed at binding and edges; cover of booklet (a) is faded; staple holes and some rust in binding
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Other
Reference Comments
"The Mechanics of Surgery", Charles Truax, 1899, p. 266 (pl. 544); machine similar to 006.030.001
Research Facts
The Influence Machine generated energy by having two stationary metal plates between a pair of revolving metal plates; the machine could create sparks ten to fifteen inches in length.
Exhibit History
On exhibit at the Lakeshore Asylum, Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre Humber College, Toronto L-2016-6; 31 August 2016- 31 Dec 2018.